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Oleander is a storied and reputed industrial plant .
This evergreen plant bushy plant is low - maintenance , floriferous , and blooms throughout summertime .
‘Hardy Red’
It produces gorgeous flowers in coloring from pure bloodless to rake red .
Tough and tender – that cliched idiomatic expression utterly discover Oleander .
Oleander can tolerate urban hobo camp high temperature and is even drought - tolerant to an extent – and it can make do with poor soil and heavy grunge , that ’s plenty tough .
However , it is very tender – frost tender , that is .
This tough - tender plant does n’t have to deal with much frost , though , in the regions of the American South where it thrives as an introduced plant .
Overview
PreferredFull Sun
ExposureSheltered
Height1 – 2.5 M
Spread1 – 1.5 M
Bloom TimeJuly – October
PreferredMost Fertile Soil Types
MoistureMoist but well drained
pHNeutral
Oleander is an evergreen bush that can be short and ‘ shrubby ’ or develop a woody stem and develop up to a fair tiptop so that it take care like a small tree diagram .
Dwarf cultivars take root at only 1 - 2 m ; the intermediate ones reach heights of 2.5 - 3.5 m.
The cultivar that grow into small tree diagram can make tallness of up to around 7 m.
Almost all of them have shaggy , open habits and almost all of them are profuse blooper and flower right from the beginning of summer , sometimes even before , to the end of summer .
Their colours include white , emollient , all shades of pinko from pale delicate pink to vibrant magenta pink , and deep rich reds .
Oleander belongs to Genus Nerium , which includes a metal money count of just one !
The sole species isNerium oleander.1Nerium . ( n.d . ) . Kew Royal Botanic Gardens . recall March 21 , 2023 , fromhttps://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30305280-2
‘Hardy Red’
The plant ’s floral beauty has take it to be civilize to quite some extent and many cultivar are live to be .
Habitat & Growing Conditions
Oleander ’s home ground and grow conditions are predominantly in mild Mediterranean climates near stream and other waterway , including coastal areas .
Though the large majority of cultivars are audacious to Zone H3 , a few are dauntless only to Zone H2 , while a few more are frost - stalwart and desirable for turn in Zones H4 and H5 .
“ Even in soft coastal area , even a few degrees of Robert Frost are enough to preclude growing many Nerine oleander for a protracted period of time , ” shares Master Horticulturist Colin Skelly .
“ A handful of cultivars are uncommitted that are intrepid for the UK and should satisfy a longing for the Mediterranean . ”
Having been stick in to the Far East , it now produce barbaric in several of that region ’s state .
Where To Plant
Most residents of the UK will not be able to plant this Robert Lee Frost - attendant flora outdoors .
Except for those fortunate enough to be living in balmy ( relatively speaking ) region of the UK , most gardeners will perforce demand to raise Oleander in a tummy , container , or plantation owner so that it can be overwintered indoors .
rose bay make wonderful terrace and pack of cards plants and as long as they get at least several hours of sun they ’re neat for the balcony too .
A salutary - sized container or planter with an Oleander can fill up any vacant spot in your garden with a gorgeous efflorescence works .
If you live in a secluded area by the sea in a mild part of the country and would wish to build a windbreak or plant a decorative flowering bush , your jackpot is Oleander in all its cultivars .
How To Grow Oleander
Though Oleander is an evergreen bush , the hardiness of most cultivar is only to H3 – which entail that they can not be get outdoors in any but the warmest coastal parts of the United Kingdom , such as a small region in the south - west .
However , you may search for a hardy smorgasbord , such as Hardy Pink and Hardy Red , and confidently grow these outdoors in your garden , though in a sheltered positioning , almost anywhere in the United Kingdom .
Oleander can be pop out indoors from seeds in early give .
Seeds may be started in a tray or in small pots .
Either way , they should be sow in in a sterile potting commixture .
If you started them in tray , transplant seedling each to its own pot after they have developed two pairs of true leaves .
If you started them in individual passel , tenuous as necessary or transplant .
After a twelvemonth to eighteen months , the plant can be transfer into its last suitably - sized container as point by the eventual superlative and spread of the variety .
An Oleander , depending on the ultimate size of it of the change , may be grown in a pot , container , or plantation owner .
A halfway enough sundry loam amended with some compost will work on very well for Oleander .
It should drain well – overly wet soil or waterlogged soil is a big no - no for Oleander .
In spring , after there is no danger of frost , the industrial plant can be shifted outdoors – it would be wise to harden it for a week to ten 24-hour interval first .
Oleander Plant Care
In the UK , Oleander should be placed in full Dominicus .
In most regions of the UK a mature Oleander plant ’s water needs will be met by rain .
During dry periods you will take to water it , though moderately .
obviate let the grime continue dry for more than a few days .
Though Oleander is drought - resistant , want of water will affect flowering .
Oleander does not care to be over - water and should this pass off , it will give you a signal : yellow and yellow leaves .
Although Oleander does well without any fertilising , if you bid you could feed it with a small amount of a balanced fertiliser in mid - spring , in either liquid or slow - dismission form .
Otherwise give it a helping of compost .
Growing Varieties
Five mixture are outline underneath with an eye to including a diversity of heights and spreads , and a mate diversity in floral shapes , forms , and colours .
Has an unmated name – for an Oleander , the works is indeed petite at only about 1 - 1.8 meter and with the same spread , exhibiting a bushy , thick habit , but there is nothing salmony ( or otherwise suspicious ) about its color , scent , or anything else .
The salver - shape flowers are ‘ pinwheel wind collector petalled ’ and are in a delicate tone of baby pink .
birth a spin on the foliage too .
The leaves are vary , displaying unpredictable but striking yellowish perpendicular stripes .
This cultivar bears three-fold flowers in a abstruse , concentrated pink , and it is the ruffled pink petals that give the plant its name .
It reach an ultimate height of just over 2 m. It is a very democratic multifariousness on the other side of the pond .
An average - sizing cultivar , pass a height of 3 - 3.5 m with about the same spread .
It has a bushy use , often vase - shaped .
It carry bowl - shaped double flower of a particularly neat and symmetrical form .
They are of candy pink chromaticity and have a satiny lustre .
A ‘ tree - size ’ Oleander as it reaches an ultimate stature of 4 - 5 1000 with a bed cover almost as wide as its height .
It is heat energy tolerant , even for an Oleander .
It grow undivided , very full , salver - shaped flowers of an intense , eye - catch magenta - pink hue .
This potpourri is specially democratic in Florida and Southern California .
Indeed survive up to its name because itishardy , at least by Oleander standards , being sturdy to Zone H5 .
This salmagundi is another large one , attain a height of up to 4 m with a spread of about 3 m.
This is one of the most attractive of all Oleanders because of its showy flowers .
They are individual , funnel shape - shaped , and of a riveting lineage - crimson colour .
Common Problems
Oleanders are generally very pest - resistant and disease - free , specially if they are kept outdoors .
If these plants are grown in a nursery , they may be subject toattack by nursery red spider miteand , less ofttimes , by scale of measurement dirt ball and mealybugs .
Indoor plants are more susceptible to descale worm infestation , and also to red wanderer mite and aphid to a less extent .
you could annul these problems by keep indoor plants in rooms that are not heated up and that have good melodic phrase circulation .
